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6. If you want to locate a user account from the Remote Desktop server, make sure the
“Select this object type” option is set to Users. Then type an account name in the
“Enter the object names to select” box. If you wish to enter a user from another
computer on an Active Directory–based LAN, click the Locations button and select
the domain. Then enter the user account name.
7. Click Check Names. This gives Windows Vista a chance to enter the name in the
computername\username format.
8. Click OK. The user you just indicated will be added to the list of users permitted to
remotely access your Remote Desktop server. To add more users, repeat steps 6
through 8.
9. Click OK twice to exit all the dialog boxes.
10. Finally, if your Remote Desktop server is protected by a firewall, make sure the
firewall allows remote connection traffic.

Remote Desktop Client
The Remote Desktop Connection tool is installed by default and is located by accessing Start |
All Programs | Accessories | Remote Desktop Connection. Figure 8-7 shows what the tool
looks like when you first start it.
We’re talking specifically about Windows Vista and Remote Desktop, but Remote PART III
Desktop doesn’t just work with Windows Vista. The tool was introduced in Windows XP,
but if you have older versions of Windows that need to connect remotely, Microsoft
provides a tool that can be used on Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition,
Windows Me, Windows NT 4.0, and Windows 2000. The Remote Desktop client is a 3.4MB
file that you can download via Link 8-8. When installed, this client allows older versions of
Windows to connect to a Windows Vista Remote Desktop server.

FIGURE 8-7 The Remote Desktop Connection tool is used to connect to the server.